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November is bound to be a busy
Election Day given that it's

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a presidential election year on behalf of
the city of St Charles we would like to

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call your attention to the fact that
there will also be four local city

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propositions on the ballot bond issue of
our capital improvement project and the

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fourth is

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a local service improvement program. The
city of St Charles will ask the city's

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voters to authorize three bond issues
totaling fifteen point seven million dollars

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. They include proposition one
eight point three million for

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a new public works the still ready
proposition to three point three million to

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repair and run the race of city hall
parking garage and proposition three four

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point one million to build

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a new fire station and public safety facility.
To St Charles City Council voted to

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place all three general obligation
bond issues on the ballot in addition

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proposition W.

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Which represents

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a proposed water my entrance program
was introduced by the city council for

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inclusion on the ballot. As you might
imagine these three projects and the newly

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proposed line insurance program are
top priorities for the city here's

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a brief description of the four propositions
slated for the November ballot.

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Proposition one point three million in
general obligation bonds to construct

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furnish and equip

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a new public works of Philippi in two
thousand and eleven the city purchased

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a point five six acres on the all of road
adjacent to the Coca-Cola distribution

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center for the purpose of relocating the
city's streets maintenance operations in

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the existing metal building at three seventeen
north drive the three seventy north

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drive facility is located in the floodplain
and was formally an airplane hangar

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prior to the city converting the site to

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a public works to Raj in the mid one nine
hundred sixty. Since the sixty's the city

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has tripled in population size and
infrastructure far outstripping the ability of

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this. And facility to meet the city's
current and future needs. As many as fifty

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employees work in the current Public Works
building extra spaces needed for parts

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and for those working on the fleet of
equipment used to maintain five hundred fifty

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miles of road in the city the new facility
will include additional service base to

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maintain over one hundred fifty mm and
this will vehicles trucks get buses and

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pieces of heavy construction
equipment in addition there will be

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a truck wash bay indoor storage for weather
sensitive equipment tools and materials

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outdoor bulk storage for street construction
lighting and landscape materials plus

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on site storage for trucks construction
equipment snowplows sewer pipe and mantles

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signs and traffic control barricades
and a proposed salt dome with

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a four thousand ton storage
capacity. Proposition

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to three point three million dollars and
general obligation bonds to repair and

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renovate the city hall public parking
garage constructed in one nine hundred

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seventy three and located adjacent to
city hall the public parking garage last

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underwent structural were fairs in one
thousand nine hundred five city hall two

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hundred North second Street and it's outside
Plaza sit atop the garage which can be

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accessed from either second Street for the
Monroe Street entrance across from the

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county courthouse. The proposed structural
rehabilitation will address repairs to

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post tension structural steel elements
concrete slabs and columns falling and

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asphalt and membrane surfaces in addition
the entrance stairways Gant exit

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stairwells will be rehabilitated there are
four hundred twenty parking spots three

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hundred ninety for public use about one
hundred parking passes have been sold to

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users of the garage and another one hundred
to one hundred seventy five people per

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day parked there the garage is used for

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a number of reasons the city parks some
of the vehicle fleet on the lowest level

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one the City Fire Department leases several
thousand square feet some people park

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in the garage and walked on Main Street or
to the St Charles County administration

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building to

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a one North second Street the grudges also
used for county courthouse three hundred

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North second Street these safety improvements
will benefit all visitors to end

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users of the St Charles government district
and the main street historic district.

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Proposition three four point one million
dollars and general obligation bonds to

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construct

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a new fire station and public safety facility.
This new facility located on Bhatia

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town's road would offer enhanced public
safety in and around the New Town area of

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St Charles. Number four located
at four hundred. Seventy

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seven and is located on the eastern
boundary of the city it is

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a metal building and has come to
the end of its useful life as

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a fire station this new facility will
provide storage space for specialized

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equipment and vehicles
administrative office space and

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a service and supply area in order to better
serve our residents this facility will

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also include

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a community meeting room and the operations
center like many cities. Experience the

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potential for natural disasters which can
threaten our community the operations

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center will allow ample space for supporting
cities as they planned and trained for

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these events overall the city has increased
in population. And the station will

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improve not only on the north side of
the town can't sustain the public.

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Proposition W.

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Water line insurance program help could be
on the way for residents when faced with

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costly repairs to their water lines House
bill number one for two approved by the

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ninety six Missouri General Assembly and
two thousand and eleven and the city to

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offer the insurance program for city
residents similar to the sanitary sewer

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lateral insurance program approved by City
voters in two thousand to the insurance

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program could reimburse property owners
eighty percent of approved water service

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repair costs. The program is for single
family house and other residential.

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Property would have to obtain three bids
to repair. Those to the public works

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department once the work is completed the
city would reimburse the resident for

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eighty percent of the lowest bid the
estimated average cost to repair

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a water service line is one thousand five
hundred dollars comparatively the annual

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cost of the water line insurance program.
And would be paid via your property taxes

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comparable insurance program available
through private vendors upwards of eighty

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dollars. If the proposal wins
approval by. The program

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January first two thousand and fourteen.
If you would like more information.

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